This is the help page specifically for using the search box to find posts.

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General

Tag Searching

Searching is largely based on tags, with a number of special keywords available that allow searching based on properties of the posts.

tag_name

Returns posts that are tagged with "tag_name".

tag_name other_tag_name

Returns posts that are tagged with "tag_name" and "other_tag_name".


Most tags and keywords can be prefaced with a negative sign (-) to indicate that you want to search for posts that do not match something.

-tag_name

Returns posts that are not tagged with "tagname".

-tag_name -other_tag_name

Returns posts that are not tagged with "tag_name" or "other_tag_name".

tag_name -other_tag_name

Returns posts that are tagged with "tag_name", but are not tagged with "other_tag_name".


Wildcard searches are possible as well using *.

tag*

Returns posts that are tagged with "tag", "tags", "tagme", "tag_name", or anything else that starts with "tag".

*name

Returns posts that are tagged with "name", "tag_name", "other_tag_name" or anything else that ends with "name".

Comparing values (<, <=, >, >=, or =)

For example, you can use this to count tags.

tags=1

Returns posts with exactly 1 tag.

tags>0

Returns posts with 1 or more tags.


Searching by file size.

Supported suffixes are kb, mb, and gb. Uses multiples of 1024.

filesize=1

Returns posts exactly 1 byte in size

filesize>100mb

Returns posts greater than 100 megabytes in size.


Searching by date posted.

Date format is yyyy-mm-dd. Date posted includes time component, so = will not work unless the time is exact.

posted>=2019-07-19

Returns posts posted on or after 2019-07-19.


Searching posts by ID.

id=1234

Find the 1234th thing uploaded.

id>1234

Find more recently posted things.

Post attributes.

Searching by MD5 hash.

hash=0D3512CAA964B2BA5D7851AF5951F33B

Returns post with MD5 hash 0D3512CAA964B2BA5D7851AF5951F33B.

md5=0D3512CAA964B2BA5D7851AF5951F33B

Same as above.


Searching by file name.

filename=picasso.jpg

Returns posts that are named "picasso.jpg".


Searching for posts by source.

source=https://google.com/

Returns posts with a source of "https://google.com/".

source=any

Returns posts with a source set.

source=none

Returns posts without a source set.

Sorting search results

Sorting can be done using the pattern order:field_direction.

Supported fields: id, width, height, filesize, filename.

Direction can be either asc or desc, indicating ascending (123) or descending (321) order.

order=id_asc

Returns posts sorted by ID, smallest first.

order=width_desc

Returns posts sorted by width, largest first.

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Comments

Search for posts containing a certain number of comments, or comments by a particular individual.

comments>0

Returns posts with 1 or more comments

Can use <, <=, >, >=, or =.

commented_by=username

Returns posts that have been commented on by "username".

comments_locked=yes

Returns posts with locked comments

comments_locked=no

Returns posts with unlocked comments

File Types

Search for posts by extension

ext=jpg

Returns posts with the extension 'jpg'

These extensions are available in the system:

    jpg, gif, png, webp, avif, bmp, heic, ico, ppm, psd, tif, tga, mp4, webm, asf, avi, mov, asf, flv, mpg, mkv, ogv

Search for posts by MIME type

mime=image/jpeg

Returns posts that have the MIME type 'image/jpeg'

These MIME types are available in the system:

    image/jpeg, image/gif, image/png, image/webp, image/avif, image/bmp, text/heic, image/vnd.microsoft.icon, image/x-portable-pixmap, image/vnd.adobe.photoshop, image/tiff, image/x-tga, video/mp4, video/webm, video/x-ms-asf, video/x-msvideo, video/quicktime, video/x-ms-wmv, video/x-flv, video/mpeg, video/x-matroska, video/ogg

Media

Search for posts based on the type of media.

content=audio

Returns posts that contain audio, including videos and audio files.

content=video

Returns posts that contain video, including animated GIFs.


Searching by dimentions.

size=640x480

Returns posts exactly 640 pixels wide by 480 pixels high.

size>1920x1080

Returns posts with a width larger than 1920 and a height larger than 1080.

width=1000

Returns posts exactly 1000 pixels wide.

height=1000

Returns posts exactly 1000 pixels high.

ratio=4:3

Returns posts with an aspect ratio of 4:3.

ratio>16:9

Returns posts with an aspect ratio greater than 16:9.


Searching posts by media length.

Available suffixes are ms, s, m, h, d, and y. A number by itself will be interpreted as milliseconds. Searches using = are not likely to work unless time is specified down to the millisecond.

length>=1h

Returns posts that are longer than an hour.

length<=10h15m

Returns posts that are shorter than 10 hours and 15 minutes.

length>=10000

Returns posts that are longer than 10,000 milliseconds, or 10 seconds.

Numeric Score

Search for posts that have received numeric scores by the score or by the scorer.

score=1

Returns posts with a score of 1

score>0

Returns posts with a score of 1 or more

Can use <, <=, >, >=, or =.

upvoted_by=username

Returns posts upvoted by 'username'

downvoted_by=username

Returns posts downvoted by 'username'

order=score_desc

Returns posts ordered by score in descending order

order=score_asc

Returns posts ordered by score in ascending order

Users

Search for posts posted by particular individuals.

poster=username

Returns posts posted by "username"


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